DNA-DNA interactions

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-313

  Strey, Helmut H ^a   Podgornik, Rudi ^a   Rau, Donald C ^b   Parsegian, V Adrian ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA HELIX; DNA SUPERCOILING; ELECTRICITY; HYDRATION; INTERACTIONS WITH DNA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032104520     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80063-8     Document Type: Article

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